Ukip targets Eastleigh by-election

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has pledged to make the Eastleigh by-election a four-way marginal fight and said his party's number one issue will be immigration.

Kicking off the party's campaign in the Hampshire seat vacated by Chris Huhne's resignation for pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice, Mr Farage said: "Our number one issue is that this country faces a second massive migratory wave